HTC, Samsung And LG Argue On Twitter Over UK Smartphone Awards

Samsung, HTC and LG took to their UK-based Twitter accounts to bicker, after the HTC One won the "hottest smartphone of 2013" award. This is usually the sort of childish behaviour we expected from fanboys, so it's kind of weird to see entire companies engage in it.

Without diving too much into "he said, she said" trivials, HTC UK posted the first tweet: celebrating their "hottest phone of 2013" award and adding "ouch @SamsungMobileUK" to the end. Shortly after, Samsung UK fired back with their own tweet, noting they had won three other awards at the same ceremony. HTC UK then fired back with the accusation of Samsung paying students to write fake reviews of compeitors' products.

LG UK got in on the action, posting an image of Michael Winner telling HTC & Samsung to "Calm down dears, it's only a mobile phone," playing homage to his catchphrase from an old series of insurance ads. The tweets were a bit of harmless 'banter;' but leave this bickering to the fanboys please?

On March 21st, 2006, Twitter entered the social world. Ten years later, it has over 300 million active users and went public to the tune of more than $10 billion. Granted this is $30 billion less than 2013 and many people still misunderstand how to use it, but the company hopes to change these preconceptions wth its new ad.

Twitter For Sale – Who’s Looking To Buy And Why?

Twitter has not had it easy over the past couple of years. From the flat growth of new users to a torrential storm of abusive tweets, the social network has been dragged through the mud a fair few times.

But now, things are starting to look optimistic, as it’s been widely reported that Twitter is going up for sale with some interesting companies looking to buy…

Who are these companies? Why would they want to purchase a social network in an almost purgatorial state? Let’s take a look.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Announced

Samsung have unveiled the Galaxy S4, their next generation smartphone at the 'UNPACKED' event. Titled the 'Life Companion,' it brings a new set of features to the table. Aesthetically, little has changed; but plenty of software and hardware upgrades are present.

Facebook Announces App Center. Facebook Phone Finally On The Way?

Facebook has just announced App Center, a replacement for the old Apps and Games hub users used to find Facebook apps. Mobile Facebook users will now be able to directly download Facebook apps from Facebook for the very first time. HTML5 web apps, which don’t require a traditional installation, will be available from App Center itself.

So O2 haven't exactly been the most reliable network over the last couple days. A huge amount of customers have been affected by the network outages across the country, so many have taken to Twitter to vent their anger. Luckily, the in-house social media team of @O2 were waiting, with some rather hilarious responses.